5 Deportistas Mejores Pagados 2014

5.- Kobe Bryant (USA- Basketball) 61,5 M

He was born in August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a youngest brother, and have two sisters.

He lived in Italia from 6 years, speaking English, Italian and Spanish and played soccer on the Italian league.

He was soon traded to the L.A. Lakers, where he went on to win five championships and become one of the leading scorers of the NBA. He has had a famous rivalry with teammate Shaquille O'Neal and was once accused of sexual assault, though charges were later dropped.

He has won multiple championship rings. He has also won two Olympic gold medals with the U.S. basketball team.

Bryant married 19-year-old Vanessa Laine in April 2001

4.- Lionel Messi (ARGENTINA-Soccer) 64,7 M

Born on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina, moved to Spain at the age of 13, after the FC Barcelona club agreed to pay for hormone-deficiency treatments.

When he was 16 years he had made his first appearance for Barcelona. Messi put himself in the record books on May 1, 2005, as the youngest player to ever score a goal for the franchise.

In 2005 he became the first player to score five goals in a Champions League.

In 2010, UNICEF named him a goodwill ambassador, with a focus on fighting for children's rights across the globe.

Messi became a father in November 2012, when his girlfriend, Antonella Roccuzzo, gave birth to their son, Thiago, in this year he set a record for most goals in a calendar year, and afterward was named FIFA's "Player of the Year" a record fourth time, in 2014 World Cup, he was named best player of the tournament.

3.- LeBron James (USA- Basketball) 72,3 M

Born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio

During the 2003-04 season, he became the first member of the Cavalier franchise and the youngest player (at age 20) to win the Rookie of the Year Award. James signed several endorsement deals, including one with Nike for $90 million.

He became a father for the first time in October 2004, when he and girlfriend Savannah Brinson welcomed a son, LeBron Jr.

James played on the 2004, 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic basketball teams won a bronze medal and two gold.

He made NBA history again in 2005, when he became the youngest player to score more than 50 points in one game. He was selected for the NBA All-Star game for the first time.

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